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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Testimony and Lack of Corroboration — Conviction for Rape and Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Vikas Shantaram Shinde, was convicted by the Special Court under Sections 376(2)(i)(j)(n) and 506 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the POCSO Act for allegedly raping a 13-year-old intellectu...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Caste Certificate to Adopted Child Based on Adoptive Mother's Caste. The court held that an adopted child is entitled to the caste of the adoptive parent, and the rejection of the caste certificate application on the ground of unknown biological parents was illegal....

The petitioner, Dr. Sonal Pratapsingh Vahanwala, a Hindu Mahyavanshi (Scheduled Caste) woman, adopted a male child named Heramb from an orphanage in 2009. The child's biological parents were unknown. ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Students to Pursue BAMS Course Despite NEET Score Deficiency Due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Court directs Maharashtra State to grant admission to petitioners who missed NEET cutoff by narrow margin, invoking extraordinary circumstances under Article 226 of Constitution....

The petitioners, thirteen students who appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) course for the academic yea...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Arbitral Award in Family Property Dispute. Court Upholds Arbitrator's Findings of Fact Under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Holding That Interference Is Not Warranted Unless Award Is Perverse or Contrary to Public Policy....

The present writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India was filed by the petitioners, who are legal representatives of the original plaintiff Basant Singh Bindra, challenging the judg...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Orders Against Social Workers for Lack of Material and Non-Application of Mind. Orders under Maharashtra Police Act, 1951 Section 56(1)(b) set aside as show-cause notice and externment order failed to specify prejudicial activities with sufficient clarity....

The petitioners, Govinda Dashrath Sonawane and Mithun Dashrath Sonawane, both social workers, challenged the externment orders passed against them under Section 56(1)(b) of the Maharashtra Police Act,...

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Bombay High Court Allows Pre-Arrest Bail Appeal Due to Lack of Custodial Interrogation Necessity and Possibility of False Implication. Investigating Officer's Statement That Custodial Interrogation Not Required and Trial Court's Observation of Possible False Implication Led to Grant of Anticipatory Bail Under Section 438 CrPC....

The case involves a criminal appeal filed by Gangaram alias Guddu S/o Tannumal Karda and Aman S/o Gangaram Karda against the rejection of their pre-arrest bail application by the Sessions Court. The a...

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High Court of Bombay Allows Appeal in Part and Enhances Compensation in Motor Accident Claim — Insurance Company Liable for Third-Party Risk Despite Alleged Breach of Policy Conditions. Parents of Deceased Awarded Enhanced Compensation with Interest Under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The case arises from a motor accident claim filed by the parents of Shreyans Udaybabu Shah, who died in a car accident on 23.02.2013. The deceased was traveling in a Tata Indica car driven by Deve Bah...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Allotment of New Retail Outlets by Oil Corporations Near Petitioner's Existing Petrol Pump. No Legal Right to Monopoly or Protection from Competition in Petroleum Retail Business....

The petitioner, Digambar Mawal Patil, is a dealer of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) running a petrol pump at Jalna Road, Sultanpur, District Buldhana, since 2008. He filed a writ petition under...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Case — Prosecution Fails to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Circumstantial Evidence Insufficient to Sustain Conviction Under Sections 498-A and 302 r/w 34 IPC....

The State of Karnataka, through Aland Police Station, filed an appeal under Section 378(1) and (b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, against the judgment of acquittal dated 01.10.2013 passed by...